Fiddler on the roof if i were a rich man

"If I Were a Rich Man" is a show tune from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. It was written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock. The song is performed by. If I Were a Rich Man Lyrics: "Dear God, you made many, many poor people / I realize, Album Fiddler on the Roof (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). 1 . Composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick wrote this for Fiddler on the Roof's lead character, Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman on the brink of being evicted.

David Serero in If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof (). In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing antisemitic sentiment threatens his village.